Carbon credit validation & verification
High-quality carbon credits demand credibility. DNV, an accredited validation and verification body in hard-to-abate sectors, ensures credits are credible, traceable, and meet international and registry standards.
Carbon credit validation & verification
Challenges in carbon validation
Hard-to-abate industries such as cement, steel, aviation, and heavy manufacturing face unique challenges in reducing emissions. When backed by rigorous validation and verification, carbon credit mechanisms play a critical role in enabling measurable climate action while supporting decarbonization strategies. As scrutiny over voluntary and compliance carbon markets grows, stakeholders demand transparency, accuracy, and alignment with trusted methodologies. Independent assurance is essential to demonstrate the real-world impact of carbon projects and avoid greenwashing.
How our carbon credit services support you
DNV provides third-party validation and verification of carbon credit projects to ensure that emission reductions or removals are real, additional, and permanent. Our services cover both voluntary and compliance markets, and support project developers, credit buyers, and financiers in demonstrating the credibility of carbon credits.
We work across a wide range of project types, including:
- Industrial energy efficiency and fuel switching.
- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
- Process emissions abatement (e.g., in cement or chemical production).
- Renewable energy projects in high-carbon grids.
- Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credit schemes.
We verify compliance with globally recognized standards such as:
- Gold Standard.
- Verra VCS (Verified Carbon Standard).
- Global Carbon Council
- ISO 14064-2.
Trusted experts in hard-to-abate
With over 20 years of experience in climate assurance, DNV is a global leader in carbon credit validation and verification. Our accreditations include the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) for ISO 14065 and recognition under leading crediting frameworks. We are trusted by developers and buyers across the carbon value chain for our technical rigor, sector-specific insights, and impartiality.
In hard-to-abate sectors, we bring a unique ability to assess complex industrial emissions, evaluate novel reduction technologies, and support credible offsetting strategies that align with long-term net-zero targets.
Benefits of our carbon credit services
- Ensure your project meets carbon credit registry requirements through DNV’s accredited validation and verification body services.
- Enhance credibility and marketability of your carbon credits.
- Satisfy buyer and investor due diligence requirements.
- Gain access to voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
- Align with ESG, CSRD, and SBTi reporting frameworks.
- Build confidence with transparent, verified data.
- Support science-based decarbonization pathways.
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